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DR TITIMA SUTHIWAN
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND CONVENOR FOR THE THAI LANGUAGE PROGRAM
CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES
National University of Singapore
10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260

       
Appointment: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Office: AS4/01-05
Email: clsts@nus.edu.sg
Tel: 6516 3706
Fax: 6777 7736
Homepage: http://profile.nus.edu.sg/fass/clsts/
  
 
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Brief Introduction Top

Dr Titima Suthiwan holds a BA (Hons) in Thai language and literature from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, and a PhD in Linguistics from University of Hawaii, U.S.A.. She was recruited by the Southeast Asian Studies Programme at NUS in 1998 to set up and coordinate theThai language program, which is now a part of the Centre for Language Studies, and the world's largest and fastest growing Thai as a foreign language program. Prior to joining NUS, she taught in and coordinated Thai language program at various universities in the U.S., including University of Hawaii, University of Washington, Arizona State University, as well as University of Oregon where she also coordinated the Laos and Khmer language programs. Her publications are in the areas of Southeast Asian historical linguistics research, poetry, and translation.


Teaching Areas Top

Modules taught:

  • LA1201TH Thai 1
  • LA2201TH Thai 2
  • LA3201TH Thai 3
  • LA3202TH Thai 4
  • LA4201TH Thai 5
  • LA4202TH Thai 6
  • LA1251TH SEA Languages: Thai 1
  • LA1252TH SEA Languages: Thai 2
  • SE4219 Langauge, Culture, and Society in Southeast Asia
  • SE5281 Socio-Linguistics in Southeast Asia


Current Research Top

  • Loanwords in Thai
  • Thai language teaching materials development


Research Interests Top

  • Indic components in Southeast Asian languages, especially in Thai, Indonesian, Malay, Khmer, and Burmese
  • Malay loanwords in Thai


Publications Top

BOOKS/MONOGRAPHS AUTHORED

  • Titima Suthiwan(2005). KHIAN THAI: Thai Writing Workbook. Singapore:Ridge Books.
  • Titima Suthiwan and Uri Tadmor (1997) Thailand: Land of Contrast. A Highschool textbook. Honolulu: Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Hawai'i.
  • Titima Suthiwan (1994) second edition of 1983.
  • Titima Suthiwan (1987). Ma Phror Khitthueng (Longing). A collection of poems. Bangkok: Kaew Kham Publishing.
  • Titima Suthiwan (1985) Arai Kan Nak Kan Naa (What's going on here?). A Children's book Bangkok: Kaewkham Publishing.
  • Titima Suthiwan (1983) Yaak Ja Phiang Phuuk Phan (Just attached). Collection of poems. Bangkok: Kaewkham publishing.
  • Suthiwan, T., Kitiarsa, R. (2008). Aan Thai:Basic Thai Reading. Singapore: NUS Press.

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

  • Suthiwan, T (2009), "Thai vocabulary". In World Loanword Database, ed. Haspelmath, Martin & Tadmor, Uri. Berlin and New York: De Gruyter Mouton.
  • Suthiwan, T and Tadmor, U (2009), "Loanwords in Thai". In Loanwords in the World's Language: A Comparative Handbook, ed. Haspelmath, Martin and Tadmor, Uri, 599-616. Berlin and New York: De Gruyter Mouton.

TRANSLATION WORK ON BOOKS

  • Titima Suthiwan (2002). Karn Dernthaang khawng jacob. A translation of Jacob's Journey, written by Noah BenShea. Bangkok: Kobfai Publishing.
  • Titima Suthiwan (2001). Jacob khon tham khanom pang. A translation of Jacob the Baker, written by Noah BenShea. Bangkok: Kobfai Publishing.

ARTICLES IN JOURNAL

  • Titima Suthiwan (1995) An Analysis of Malay and Javanese Etyma in aThai Version of the Panji Cycle. Working Papaer in Linguistics, vol.25. Honolulu:University of Hawai'i.
  • Titima Suthiwan (1992) Kata Pinjaman Melayu dalam Bahasa Thai (Malay loanwords in Thai). Dewan Bahasa, vol.36, 8: 695-700.

CONFERENCE PAPERS

  • Suthiwan, T. (2006). "Language Change and Language Teaching". CLaSIC 2006, NUS, Singapore.
  • Suthiwan, T. (2005). "Foreign Language Teaching Methodologies". International Conference on Teaching Mother Tongue as a Foreign Langauge, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
  • Suthiwan, T. (2001). A Linguistic Analysis of the Malay Elements in Inau. The Fifth International Symposium on Malay/Indonesian Linguistics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Suthiwan, T. (1999). A Difference in Thai Language Acquisition between Chinese and Malay Speaking Students at NUS. COTSEAL (Council of Teachers of Southeast Asian Languages) Conference at SEASSI 1999, University of Oregon, USA.

PAPERS FOR SEMINAR, PUBLIC TALK, LECTURE

  • Suthiwan, T (2006). "Intergrating Non Linguistics Contents into Intermediate Thai Calsses at NUS'. Teaching Thai as a Foreign Langauge;60th Year of Thai Teaching in China, Peking University, Beijing, China.
  • Suthiwan, T. (2006). "Layers and Scopes of Loanwords in Thai". Loanword Typology Workshop, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Suthiwan, T. (2005). "Loanwords in Thai: Time and Space". Loanword Typology Workshop, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Suthiwan, T. (2004). "Semantic Shift of Native Thai Words due to the Introduction of Loanwords". Loanword Typology Workshop, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Suthiwan, T. (2003). "Loanwords in Thai". Loanword Typology Workshop, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Suthiwan, T (2001). "Writing with the past: A Linguistic Approach to the Thai Writing System and Its Pedagogical Application". Center for Southeast Asain Studies Seminar, University of Hawai'i, Hawai'i, USA.
  • Titima Suthiwan and Uri Tadmor (1989). Linguistics Interference: The Case of Thai and Khmer. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Council on Thai Studies, Univesity of Wisconsin, Madison, USA.

THESES/DISSERTATIONS

  • Titima Suthiwan (1997). Malay Lexical Elements in Thai. PhD dissertation in Linguistics, University of Hawai'i.

Other Information Top

Books in preparation

Thai and Malay : The Socio - Cultural Dynamics of Linguistic Contact.

Sawng Kham (Duet).  (A collection of poems in Thai, English, French, and Spanish)

Ruaeng Thai : Thai Stories (Intermediate Reading)

Phuut Thai : Thai Basic Speaking Textbook


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